Ice Age: Continental Drift

"The end of the world is just the tip of the iceberg."

2012 1h 28m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 8,312

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Synopsis

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Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.

“The end of the world is just the tip of the iceberg.”

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Cast

Ray Romano
Manny (voice)
John Leguizamo
Sid (voice)
Denis Leary
Diego (voice)
Seann William Scott
Crash (voice)
Josh Peck
Eddie (voice)
Peter Dinklage
Captain Gutt (voice)
Wanda Sykes
Granny (voice)
Jennifer Lopez
Shira (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Thurmeier
Writers: Michael Berg, Lori Forte, Michael Berg
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $95M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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3 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 9.2× over at the box office.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Released 14 years ago.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Ice Age Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Thurmeier, shot by Renato Falcão. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor James Palumbo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Thurmeier directs. Renato Falcão behind the camera. John Powell scores. James Palumbo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Mid-budget at $95M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
3Made its money back 9.2× over at the box office.
4Released 14 years ago.
5Part of the "Ice Age Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by Michael Thurmeier, shot by Renato Falcão. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor James Palumbo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ray Romano and John Leguizamo and Denis Leary carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "The end of the world is just the tip of the iceberg.".
11IMDB entry: tt1667889 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 11 themes, including "villain", "sequel", "prehistory", "seal (animal)".
13Released under 21 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Renato Falcão
Original score: John Powell
Editing: James Palumbo
Sound: David Parker
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $95,000,000
Box office: $877,244,782
Return: 923% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)

Part of

Ice Age Collection

A collection of animated films centered around a woolly mammoth, a talkative sloth, a serious saber-toothed tiger, and a small squirrel, as they navigate through the Pleistocene Epoch.

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Andre Gonzales2023-07-04
★ 8/10
These movies are just good all them. Haven't made or seen a bad one yet. They all make me laugh.
CinemaSerf2023-12-01
★ 6/10
By now, we are all maybe all a bit too familiar with "Scrat" chasing his acorn and with his expanding group of friends' adventures in the frozen north. I certainly found this story to be entertaining enough, but running short on ideas and somewhat repetitive. When cast adrift on an ice floe, and heading to warmer climes, our wooly mammoth, sloth and sabre-toothed tiger have to figure out a way to tap the northerly sea currents and using an iceberg, get themselves back to the chill where "Ellie" and newborn "Peaches" await them. Along the way, "Manny", "Sid" and "Diego" meet some pirates - think "Pirates of the Caribbean" meets "Jungle Book" led by the whip-wielding "Gutt" and that's what gives "Manny" the germ of a cunning plan. Pinch his ice-ship and sail home! Pirates aren't so forgiving and what ensues proves quite perilous for our wanderers. It's fine, this film - the characters do what they have always done with a script that is adequate, but little better, and a story that I thought ran out of puff by the half way mark. It's quite a far cry from the busy, characterful and entertaining first film ten years earlier and to be honest, it all looks just a bit fatigued. It's still a watchable effort, though, but just bit too wordy and I reckon that this franchise is now ready for bed.
honeybee <32026-08-30
★ 7/10
GRANNY IS ICONIC OMG I watched this for the first time as a five year old at my great-grandpa's funeral and peter dinklage monkey haunted my dreams for years after (3.5/5, originally reviewed 8/4/24)